Letter: Despite president, embrace morality

Michael C. Brannigan may have inadvertently described the president in his column "People who feel irrelevant are easy prey for cult leaders," May 25.

President Donald Trump has indeed displayed extreme paranoia and an obsessive need to control (Spygate). He is surrounded by docile lieutenants (Congress) and with each tweet he claims special knowledge and often genius.

As with the cult followers, Trump's base chooses to believe (or ignore) his exaggerations and often outright lies. Because of the presidential power he wields, no thought is given to Trump's flaws and lack of character.

As the Trump presidency continues, we may be in danger of the need, as Brannigan describes it, to "ditch our rational and moral rudders."